| The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Penzler, Otto (Author), Connelly, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 061832965X ISBN-13: 9780618329656 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: This anthology marks its seventh year by featuring selections from all reaches of the genre. World-renowned mystery scribe Connelly has chosen work by mystery favorites as well as talented up-and-comers for a diverse collection sure to thrill all readers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Collections & Anthologies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98641601 |
| Series: Best American Mystery Stories |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. This seventh installment of the premier mystery anthology boasts pulse-quickening stories from all reaches of the genre, selected by the world-renowned mystery writer Michael Connelly. His choices include a Prohibition-era tale of a scorned lover's revenge, a Sherlock Holmesinspired mystery solved by an actor playing the famous detective onstage, stories of a woman's near-fatal search for self-discovery, a bar owner's gutsy attempt to outwit the mob, and a showdown between double-crossing detectives, and a tale of murder by psychology. This year's edition features mystery favorites as well as talented up-and-comers, for a diverse colleciton sure to thrill all readers. James Crumley Pete Dexter Brendan DuBois Elmore Leonard Walter Mosley Joyce Carol Oates |
Contributor Bio(s): Penzler, Otto: - OTTO PENZLER is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, columnist, and owner of New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest bookstore solely dedicated to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies. He lives in New York. |